News & Stories
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News
Our CEO, Dr Tom Nutt, reflects on the past year
As I sat down to write my review of 2025, I couldn’t decide what words best characterised the year. It certainly felt like an important year, not least as we launched our ‘No Plan B for MenB’ campaign. At times, 2025 felt like a difficult year, such as when we have encountered new and often tragic cases of meningitis like 4-year-old Jaxon Knowles or when the charity had to take the difficult decision to make redundancies in what has been a challenging financial environment. But it’s also been a busy and positive year, with good progress made across our research, support and awareness activities. And it has certainly been a year of anticipation, as we began our preparations to celebrate 2026 – Meningitis Now’s 40th anniversary year!
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Stories
Isabelle P's story
2-year-old Isabelle contracted viral meningitis
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Fundraising
£25k to mark 25 years with Ato
The Adjei family have had an incredible year of fundraising to mark 25 years since their son Ato contracted meningitis.
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Stories
Megan G's story
Meningitis Now's support and online courses proved invaluable for Megan
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Stories
Sophie T's story
20-year-old Sophie thought she had a migraine, but she actually had viral meningitis
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News
Meningitis Now statement - Joanna Trollope CBE
Everyone at Meningitis Now is deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of its Patron, Joanna Trollope CBE. The charity is sending its condolences and heartfelt wishes to Joanna’s family and friends.
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Support
SMART goal setting for B&A
Jessica Goodall attended our latest Believe & Achieve online event for 11–25-year-olds
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Events
Another magical Gloucester concert
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas concert at Gloucester Cathedral
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Stories
Jaxon K's story
Meningitis destroyed our world
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Fundraising
Giving Tuesday 2025
This Giving Tuesday you can give hope to families across the UK
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Support
Northern Ireland Family Day
Family Days have had a big impact on Sophia and her family from Belfast
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News
Communicating meningitis statistics
We go behind the scenes on the process of sharing statistics about meningitis